As part of the GAA Gaelic Sunday Centenary Celebrations, young players from the Wolfe Tones club in Longford, will march in a parade at Croke Park with the Artane Band and meet Uachtarán CLG John Horan.

Commemorative events are planned by GAA clubs across Ireland and abroad this weekend to mark the centenary of Gaelic Sunday.

Gaelic Sunday was a seminal moment in the history of the GAA when clubs were galvanised in a defiant and peaceful protest against a clampdown and disruption of Gaelic games activity by British authorities.

There are history talks, parades, family days and blitzes among clubs in all four provinces. Clubs hosting events are being asked to record and post their events to twitter and instagram with the hashtag #GaelicSunday.

At Croke Park on Sunday there will be a special Gaelic Sunday commemoration held in between the two matches on the clár.

After the end of the EirGrid U20 football final between Mayo and Kildare and ahead of the Dublin v Roscommon GAA Football All-Ireland senior quarter final there will be a colour parade on the pitch.

All 32 counties will be represented in a parade of juvenile players in their own club colours who will march on Croke Park with the Artane Band and meet Uachtarán CLG John Horan.

Uachtarán CLG John Horan said: “Gaelic Sunday was a crucial moment in the early history of the GAA and cemented the importance of clubs in their community.

“The legacy created is the vibrant Association that we have today where clubs continue to be the focal point of their local communities and people continue to be inspired to celebrate and play our native games.

“One hundred years on we honour the courage of the men and women who stood up for the right to play and support the GAA.”

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